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Bonnets
Hi all, been fitting vinyl’s for a few years now but a bonnet got me the other day. How do you experts fit a circle say 600mm square to a surface the curves both ways? There always will be a place where the vinyl is in excess, the only way I cured this was to split it down the middle and overlap slightly. Any idea folks?
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If you are careful and work in quadrants (middle out) you should be able to make the excess ‘dissapear’ with normal vinyl if the curves aren’t too bad. Even seemingly impossibly large ‘creases’ can be made to just go away with a bit of patience.
Working wet can sometimes help when learning to do this as it lowers the overall grab & allows the vinyl to move better – obviously you’ll be left with a few smaller unstuck creases, just work these out as they dry.
Well that’s how I do it.
Dave
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I’m the same.
I usually do a bonnet wet, and start from the centre. If its a cast material, I’l heat any thing that is ‘raised’ and shrink it back a bit.
Otherwise slow and steady is the answer.
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trouble is there is a crease down the centre of the bonnet, I tried wet but to no avail. Can you really shrink vinyl that much?
Sorry for the typo errors, went to get some applictaion fluid (or rather some fluid for my applications later!) -
what make of vehicle is it your applying vinyl too? 😀
nik
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was just a small peugeot 206, the curves were quite curvy if you know what I mean!
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Must be an older model as the new 206 is pretty much flat – you got a pic?
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Sorry David, no photo for this one. I was working for design company and had to remain anonymous.
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just apply it from the center to the left en then to the right and make sure your baseline is according to the curve, when you start to see stress heat the vinyl let it cool and then go again
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i work on 206s all the time we do lots of advertising for a local dealer the bonnet has 2 swage lines and an air vent on the left hand side
i normally apply wet on these bonnets if its a large piece of vinyl and dry for text
just on another note one customer vauxhall has there rear windows blocked out in silver vinyl and again this i apply wet and shrink the vinyl to fit works a treat i think i have fitted around 25 rear screens on the astra vans for one company
give it a go
back to the 206 its not to bad
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I use Alsan 5-7 year vinyl, although this is not a cast will it shrink enough?
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quote Ingenious:I use Alsan 5-7 year vinyl, although this is not a cast will it shrink enough?
ChrisNever been a fan of Aslan :-?, (was generally disappointed with a sample roll I tried) so no experience in how it handles being ‘worked’.
You said there was a central crease. As a guide to doing it I’d take care of this bit first. Wet vinyl and fix the vertical from centre up & down. (Medium pressure)
Then left & right, split that again.
You should be left with about a dozen ‘crinkles’. Work these as far out as you can without creasing or damaging the material, furthar ‘splitting’ them if you have to into smaller ones.
Leave to dry a little – push them out some more.
For the last bits – if you can get it down flat but it pops back up you have succesfully achieved it – work it down with a firm pressure. A bit more drying time & a SMALL amount of heat will relax the vinyl & get it to stay down.
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